It has always struck me as peculiar that Americans (myself included) celebrate Halloween—a holiday that has grown exceedingly morbid and ghoulish—with candy, costumes, and whimsical delight when, at its very core, it is a holiday centered on death. I’ll spare us all the history lesson, as there are several cultural variables that have [...]
A long time ago I read a short story which shouldn’t really have been any good. It was called "The Flesh Man," and read with a certain perspective, it probably qualifies as basically pornography with a side of brooding pulp machismo. I wouldn’t begrudge anyone that interpretation, at least. The [...]
After a brief sabatical, the editors will begin reading for Conte 5.2, our winter issue, on October 1st. Please check our submissions page for specific guidelines.
[...]The problem with our last announcement was that too many people believed it. So now we’re forced to push back an extra week.
Actually we’re abjectly apologetic - we felt bad enough pushing back 5.1 the first time, so there will be some serious crying-into-the-morning donuts over the fact that we [...]
Wow, so…we’ve received the biggest response yet to our last call for submissions, which kept rolling in at a steady pace until right up to the deadline (and then some). The consensus between Adam and I is that a race to the finish probably does not serve the greater good [...]
To all recent Conte submitters: please know we are actively reading for our summer issue. We are doing our best to adhere to our three-month response time, so if you submitted work during or before January 2009 and have not yet heard back from the editors, please do not hesitate to query [...]
Chances are that if you’re reading this, you have some degree of faith that online journals make a substantial contribution to contemporary literature. I’m glad to say that Sandra Beasley does, too, as her article "From Page to Pixels: The Evolution of Online Journals" in the May/June 2009 issue of Poets & Writers is one [...]
I am pleased to announce some National Poetry Month events for those of you in the Mid-Atlantic region. All of the readings listed below will take place at Wor-Wic Community College in Salisbury, Maryland, and are free and open to the public.
Maryland’s Poet Laureate Michael S. Glaser–Tuesday, March 31st, 7:30 p.m. in GH [...]I recently had the good fortune to find myself with a free afternoon in a college library to peruse an eclectic array of literary journals. Most were the prestigious sort, with university endowments and several prominent names gracing their glossy back covers. And while I have nothing against this sort of publication—heck, [...]
We’re now actively reading for Conte 5.1, and have set a July 1st deadline for our summer 2009 issue. For friends old and new, we look forward to reading your work.
[...]Several years ago I heard the poet Richard Jackson (who would, coincidently, later be a teacher of mine) remark during a reading that he labored, at times tremendously so, with finding appropriate titles for his poems. I won’t run the risk of misquoting him, but the gist of his remarks—which he [...]
A progressive new database at www.litmags.org is helping writers find the best literary home for their work, and Conte is pleased to have joined the fray.
Our new issue is up - check it out, and let us know what you think! Many thanks to our contributors; we’re beamingly proud of them all. Enjoy!
[...]To all poetry submitters: we will make our final decisions for the winter issue by week’s end, so please know we appreciate your patience during this final round of editorial readings.
And yes, we know it’s a bummer that the poetry selections are taking longer than the prose. :)
[...]On the fiction side at least, we are all wrapped up for issue 4.2 - thank you and thank you again to everyone who submitted, we got some fantastic stories this time around. Looking forward to sharing the cream of the crop with all you readers out there in internets [...]
Hi folks. Robert and I would like to announce a submission deadline of December 1st for our winter issue, Conte 4.2, so please keep this in mind if you are a potential submitter.
For those of you patiently awaiting a response on your manuscript from late summer or early fall, please [...]
Hi folks, just an update to let all submitters know that after a lazy summer we are now reading again in earnest, and are already excited about our December issue. For those of you who submitted immediately after Conte 4.1, we apologize if it takes us a bit longer than [...]
My dear friend Stacie Leatherman–whose poem "Making the Bed" was included in Conte 3.1 last summer–has the very first poem in the latest issue of Crazyhorse:
Unfortunately you can’t read "Flotsam" online (yet), but it’s certainly worth the price of admission. Or, if you’re really cheap, your local bookstore or university [...]
It is with great pleasure and excitement that I announce the arrival of our Summer 2008 issue of Conte! To access this latest installment of narrative writing, simply click the "current issue" icon. Thanks again to all our contributors, and happy reading!
[...]I think we’re about done with the new issue; some proofing aside, Adam and I have responded to all the submissions we received for the spring/summer edition, and the site is just about done, so look for that on the 15th. Thanks to everyone who brightened our inboxes this time [...]
